The severe unrest in Ukraine has the world grain trade casting a wary eye on Black Sea loadings, interior Ukrainian logistics and possible spring planting problems. General Comments Markets were given plenty to chew on today. Outside markets have U.S. stock indices higher despite mixed economic reports, including another drop in China's manufacturing index. However, various reports on U.S. economic activity in January that was plagued by bad weather were no worse than expected. The U.S. dollar index was up slightly, while crude oil, gold and copper closed lower.Considerable attention was focused on this morning's Outlook Conference presentation by USDA's Chief Economist Joe Glauber. He indicated that USDA is now projecting 2014 U.S. corn...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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